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The Des Moines Register has a story about how much money candidates have raised from Iowans.
Here's the info on the Democratic candidates...
Among the Democratic candidates, Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, is in first place, taking in more than $126,000 to date.
Her top contributors include prominent Democratic activists in Des Moines such as Ed and Bonnie Campbell; lawyer Jerry Crawford; former Gov. Tom Vilsack; and Andrea McGuire.
More than 70 percent of Clinton's money has come from Des Moines and its western suburbs.
Closely trailing Clinton with nearly $117,000 from Iowans is U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, while former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina is in third place with more than $105,000.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has collected close to $42,000 from Iowans, and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware about $26,000. Iowans have given U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio about $10,000 each. Former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska has collected $415.
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Stories like this frustrate me...they go out of their way to make sure I know the prominent, wealthy Democrats who support Clinton, but tell me nothing about the donors for Obama and Edwards, who collected more than 80% of Clinton's total too.
Of course, with a good public financing system, none of this would matter.
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